Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder, or a private with a chicken on your knee?
By: words by Sidney D. Mitchell ; music by Archie Gottler
Contributors: Mitchell, Sidney D., 1888-1942
Publisher: Leo Feist, Inc.
Published: 1918
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Notes: Caption title.

First line verse: Once I heard a father ask his soldier son.

First line chorus: I'd rather be a private than a colonel in the army.

"Successfully sung by Eddie Cantor in Ziegfelds Follies"--cover.

Early Sheet Music Collection.

Cover art.